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remedy
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P. and V. ἴ̄ᾱμα, τό, ἴ̄ᾱσις, ἡ, φάρμᾰκον, τό, V. ἄ̄κος, τό, μῆχος, τό, ἀ̆κέσμᾰτα, τά.
Remedy against: P. and V. φάρμᾰκον, τό (gen.), λύσῐς, ἡ (gen.), V. ἄ̆κος, τό (gen.), μῆχος, τό (gen.).
We have remedy for our distress: V. ἀλλʼ ἔστιν ἡμῖν ἀναφορὰ τῆς συμφορᾶς (Eur. Or. 414).
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P. and V. ἴ̄ᾱμα, τό, ἴ̄ᾱσις, ἡ, φάρμᾰκον, τό, V. ἄ̄κος, τό, μῆχος, τό, ἀ̆κέσμᾰτα, τά.
Remedy against: P. and V. φάρμᾰκον, τό (gen.), λύσῐς, ἡ (gen.), V. ἄ̆κος, τό (gen.), μῆχος, τό (gen.).
We have remedy for our distress: V. ἀλλʼ ἔστιν ἡμῖν ἀναφορὰ τῆς συμφορᾶς (Eur. Or. 414).
remedy
v. trans.
P. and V. ἰ̄ᾶσθαι, ἐξῑᾶσθαι, ἀ̆κεῖσθαι.
To see how the present state of things may be remedied: P. ὅπως τὰ παροντʼ ἐπανορθωθήσεται σκοπεῖν.
v. trans.
P. and V. ἰ̄ᾶσθαι, ἐξῑᾶσθαι, ἀ̆κεῖσθαι.
To see how the present state of things may be remedied: P. ὅπως τὰ παροντʼ ἐπανορθωθήσεται σκοπεῖν.
REMEDY
s. remedium (PROP. and figuratively): medicina (PROP. and figuratively): medicamentum (PROP.): antidotum (an antidote). To apply a remedy to a disease morbo medicinam adhibere: to seek a remedy for anything medicinam alicui rei quaerere (PROP. and figuratively): to find a remedy auxilium (or medicinam) reperire or remedium invenire alicui rei; res adversus aliquid praesenti remedio est (is a quick remedy); si periturus sit quil aborat nisi temeraria quoque via fuerit adjutus ... satius est anceps auxilium experiri quam nullum (Celsus 2 10; desperate remedies must be tried in desperate cases).
s. remedium (PROP. and figuratively): medicina (PROP. and figuratively): medicamentum (PROP.): antidotum (an antidote). To apply a remedy to a disease morbo medicinam adhibere: to seek a remedy for anything medicinam alicui rei quaerere (PROP. and figuratively): to find a remedy auxilium (or medicinam) reperire or remedium invenire alicui rei; res adversus aliquid praesenti remedio est (is a quick remedy); si periturus sit quil aborat nisi temeraria quoque via fuerit adjutus ... satius est anceps auxilium experiri quam nullum (Celsus 2 10; desperate remedies must be tried in desperate cases).
v. mederi alicui or alicui rei (PROP. and figuratively): sanare or sanum facere aliquem or aliquid (to make a person or thing sound or whole PROP. and figuratively) [Vid: also CURE v.] : remedio esse anything ad aliquid (to serve as means against anything; of medicine): utilem esse anything contra aliquid alicui rei (to be useful or serviceable; of medicine and other things): prodesse anything adversus aliquid alicui rei (to be good for anything; of medicine and other things): salutarem esse anything ad aliquid (to be wholesome; of medicines and other things): posse ad aliquid (to operate in or against anything; e.g. ad morsus serpentum): valere adversus aliquid efficacem esse contra aliquid (to be good or effectual against anything): to remedy a want of provisions rei frumentariae mederi; rem frumentariam expedire. To remedy quickly and effectually (of a medicine) res adversus aliquid praesenti remedio est. To discover how to remedy a thing auxilium reperire or remedium invenire alicui rei: that cannot be remedied insanabilis (☞ immedicabilis is poetical).
remedy (subs.):
1. rĕmĕdium: not a violent but a powerful r., non praeceps sed strenuum r., Curt. 3, 6. 2: a quick r., praesentaneum r., Plin. 21, 31, 105: a most efficacious r.,, praesentissimum r., Col. 6, 14, ad init.: a r. against cold, r. frigoris, Curt. 8, 4, 11: a r. for the throat, r. ad fauces, Suet. Ner. 35, ad fin.: to cure by opposite r.s (= allopathically), contrariis remediis sanare, Cels. 3, 9: to be a r., esse remedio (also in nom. and gen.), Plin., passim: Fig.: a sharp r., acre r., Cic. Clu. 24, 67: an active r., r. diligens, Sen. Ep. 95, 14: an extreme r., r. extremum, id. 29, 3: a r. arising from war, r. ex bello, Tac. A. 4, 72: to procure r.s for making pain endurable, r. comparare ad tolerandum dolorem, Cic. Tusc. 5, 26, 74: to find r.s for his poisonous devices, veneficiis r. invenire, id. Phil. 13, 11, 25 to apply r.s to the diseases of the mind, r. morbis animorum adhibere. id. Tusc. 4. 27, 58: to use philosophy as a r., philosophiam in r. suum exercere, Sen. Ep. 111, 2: r.s are of no avail unless they are persevered in, r. non prosunt nisi immorantur, id. ib. 40, 4.
2. mĕdĭcāmentum (a healing drug): to give a r., m. dare, Cic. Off. 3, 24, 92. Fig.: a r. for grief, m. doloris, id. Fin. 2, 7, 22: a uni-*versal r. (panacea), panchrestum m., id. Verr. 3, 65, 152.
3. mĕdĭcāmen, ĭnis, n. (same as preced.: fig. only in poet.): violent r.s, violenta m., Cic. Pis. 6, 13 (al. vinolenta): to apply strong r.s to an angry woman, iratae m. fortia praebere, Ov. A. A. 2, 489.
4. mĕdĭcīna (healing; hence, that which heals): to apply a r., m. adhibere, Cic. Att. 16, 15, post med. Fig.: a standing r. for grief, m. perpetua doloris, id. Fam. 5, 15, 4: Ov.
5. mĕdēla: to apply a r. to one's wounds, m. adhibere vulneribus, App. M. 8, p. 210. Fig.: the r.s provided by the laws, m. legum, Gell. 20, 1.
6. auxĭlium (a help): to be a r., auxilio esse, Plin. 26, 12, 78: it is better to try a doubtful r. than none, satius anceps a. experiri quam nullum, Cels. 2, 10.
7. praesĭdium (a protection): it is a r. for ear-diseases, aurium morbis p. est, Plin. 22, 22, 44.
8. praesentāneum (a r. that operates at once): Plin. 30, 9, 23 § 79.
9. regressus, ūs (a legal r.): to have no r. against the vendor, nullum adversus venditorem habere r., Pomp. Dig. 21, 2, 34.
10. lēnīmentum: v.RELIEF , ALLEVIATION . Phr.: kinds of herbs which are a r. for the bites of beasts, genera herbarum ad morsus bestiarum, Cic. Div. 1, 7, 13: Caes.: Plin.: it is a r. for strangury, facit ad difficultatem urinae, id. 22, 18, 21: the seed is a r. for serpents' stings, semen contra serpentes valet, id. 22, 22, 35; so, auxiliatur contra serpentes, id. 21, 19, 77: it is a r. for the dropsical, hydropicis prodest, id. 21, 19, 78: it is a most efficacious r. for the sting of wasps, praesentissimum est contra ictus vesparum, id. 21, 20, 86 (v. EFFICACIOUS ): his disorder increases with the r., aegrescit medendo, Virg. Aen. 12, 46: I do not approve of his r.s, curationes non probo, Cic. Fam. 16, 4, 1: no r. is more important for the state, nulla salus reipublicae major est, id. Div. in Caecil. 21, 71.
1. rĕmĕdium: not a violent but a powerful r., non praeceps sed strenuum r., Curt. 3, 6. 2: a quick r., praesentaneum r., Plin. 21, 31, 105: a most efficacious r.,, praesentissimum r., Col. 6, 14, ad init.: a r. against cold, r. frigoris, Curt. 8, 4, 11: a r. for the throat, r. ad fauces, Suet. Ner. 35, ad fin.: to cure by opposite r.s (= allopathically), contrariis remediis sanare, Cels. 3, 9: to be a r., esse remedio (also in nom. and gen.), Plin., passim: Fig.: a sharp r., acre r., Cic. Clu. 24, 67: an active r., r. diligens, Sen. Ep. 95, 14: an extreme r., r. extremum, id. 29, 3: a r. arising from war, r. ex bello, Tac. A. 4, 72: to procure r.s for making pain endurable, r. comparare ad tolerandum dolorem, Cic. Tusc. 5, 26, 74: to find r.s for his poisonous devices, veneficiis r. invenire, id. Phil. 13, 11, 25 to apply r.s to the diseases of the mind, r. morbis animorum adhibere. id. Tusc. 4. 27, 58: to use philosophy as a r., philosophiam in r. suum exercere, Sen. Ep. 111, 2: r.s are of no avail unless they are persevered in, r. non prosunt nisi immorantur, id. ib. 40, 4.
2. mĕdĭcāmentum (a healing drug): to give a r., m. dare, Cic. Off. 3, 24, 92. Fig.: a r. for grief, m. doloris, id. Fin. 2, 7, 22: a uni-*versal r. (panacea), panchrestum m., id. Verr. 3, 65, 152.
3. mĕdĭcāmen, ĭnis, n. (same as preced.: fig. only in poet.): violent r.s, violenta m., Cic. Pis. 6, 13 (al. vinolenta): to apply strong r.s to an angry woman, iratae m. fortia praebere, Ov. A. A. 2, 489.
4. mĕdĭcīna (healing; hence, that which heals): to apply a r., m. adhibere, Cic. Att. 16, 15, post med. Fig.: a standing r. for grief, m. perpetua doloris, id. Fam. 5, 15, 4: Ov.
5. mĕdēla: to apply a r. to one's wounds, m. adhibere vulneribus, App. M. 8, p. 210. Fig.: the r.s provided by the laws, m. legum, Gell. 20, 1.
6. auxĭlium (a help): to be a r., auxilio esse, Plin. 26, 12, 78: it is better to try a doubtful r. than none, satius anceps a. experiri quam nullum, Cels. 2, 10.
7. praesĭdium (a protection): it is a r. for ear-diseases, aurium morbis p. est, Plin. 22, 22, 44.
8. praesentāneum (a r. that operates at once): Plin. 30, 9, 23 § 79.
9. regressus, ūs (a legal r.): to have no r. against the vendor, nullum adversus venditorem habere r., Pomp. Dig. 21, 2, 34.
10. lēnīmentum: v.
remedy (v.):
I. Lit.: sāno, 1: v.CURE , HEAL , and preced. art.
II. Fig.:
1. mĕdeor, 2 (constr. with dat.; rarely acc.): to r. an evil, malo m. (joined to sanare), Cic. Agr. 1, 9, 26: to r. the deficiency of corn, m. rei frumentariae inopiae, Caes. B. G. 5, 24: they must r. it by law, medendum est lege, Tac. A. 4, 16: to r. one's desires, m. cupiditates, Ter. Ph. 5, 4, 3.
2. occurro, curri, cursum, 3 (to counteract: with dat.); variety r.s ennui, varietas occurrit satietati, Cic. Or. 52, 174: to r. both evils, utrique rei o., Nep. Pelop. 1, 1: v.COUNTERACT .
3. sāno, 1 (to cure): to r. an inconvenience, s. incommodum, Caes. B. G. 7, 29: Cic.
4. corrĭgo, rexi, rectum, 3: v.CORRECT .
5. more freq. expr. by phr. with remedium: to try to r. the delay, r. quaerere ad eam moram, Cic. Clu. 9, 27: when vices become habits there is no chance of r.ing them, ubi quae fuerant vitia mores sunt desinit esse remedio locus, Sen. Ep. 39, extr. Phr.: to r. the barrenness of the soil, obviam ire infecunditati terrarum, Tac. A. 4, 6.
I. Lit.: sāno, 1: v.
II. Fig.:
1. mĕdeor, 2 (constr. with dat.; rarely acc.): to r. an evil, malo m. (joined to sanare), Cic. Agr. 1, 9, 26: to r. the deficiency of corn, m. rei frumentariae inopiae, Caes. B. G. 5, 24: they must r. it by law, medendum est lege, Tac. A. 4, 16: to r. one's desires, m. cupiditates, Ter. Ph. 5, 4, 3.
2. occurro, curri, cursum, 3 (to counteract: with dat.); variety r.s ennui, varietas occurrit satietati, Cic. Or. 52, 174: to r. both evils, utrique rei o., Nep. Pelop. 1, 1: v.
3. sāno, 1 (to cure): to r. an inconvenience, s. incommodum, Caes. B. G. 7, 29: Cic.
4. corrĭgo, rexi, rectum, 3: v.
5. more freq. expr. by phr. with remedium: to try to r. the delay, r. quaerere ad eam moram, Cic. Clu. 9, 27: when vices become habits there is no chance of r.ing them, ubi quae fuerant vitia mores sunt desinit esse remedio locus, Sen. Ep. 39, extr. Phr.: to r. the barrenness of the soil, obviam ire infecunditati terrarum, Tac. A. 4, 6.